Taking Care of Bitcoin
New to Bitcoin? Well, everyone was new to Bitcoin at some point. Taking Care of Bitcoin is the first stop on your Bitcoin journey. We talk to people from all walks of life and answer the basic questions common to every Bitcoin noob. We're trying to onboard as many freedom fighters as possible. Let's take care of it! TCB baby!
Episodes
Today we answer the question: Why Does Bitcoin Have Value?
- Bitcoin isn't backed by anything
- Monetary parameters that give something value
- Absolute scarcity
- Decentralization/Trust minimization
- Security/Immutability
- Bitcoin is digital property rights
- Global, neutral money
And more!
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Tale from the front lines: accused of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business! Today we talk with Dave Scotese about...
- Discovery of digital scarcity
- Difficulty of replicating Bitcoin
- First mover advantage
- Psychology of asset valuation
- Accusation of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and money laundering
- The system understanding Bitcoin as a threat to its power structure
- Hubris of the political class
- Bitco...
Bitcoin is for Non-Profits!
Today we talk with The Bitcoin District Initiative Founder and President Trey Musgrave about...
- Patience required to build Bitcoin conviction
- Importance of building a Bitcoin circular economy
- Paradigm shifting from speculative asset to superior money
- The asset is the network
- Hurdles to merchant adoption
- Clarifying Bitcoin is not crypto
- Bitcoin attacks succumbing to mathematical inevitability
- Cash is a liabi...
Today we answer the question: How is Bitcoin Created?
- Bitcoin mining process
- Bitcoin creation vs. Fiat money creation
- What happened in 1971?
- Societal ills caused by monetary inflation
- Bitcoin is a return to monetary discipline
And more!
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Today we check back in with TCB Episode 7 guest Mike Albert!
We discuss...
- Intersection of Bitcoin and Artificial Intelligence
- Bitcoin as a tool to pay down the national debt
- Bitcoin store of value vs. medium of exchange
- Difficulty of valuing Bitcoin
- Bitcoin repricing the world
- Future of Bitcoin mining
- Update on Bitcoin energy use
- Need for quantum resistance
And more!
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Today we answer the question: Can Bitcoin Scale to Become a Major Payment Network?
- Bitcoin transactions per second
- Bitcoin is a protocol, not a product
- Scalability challenges
- Evolutionary process of monetization
- Scaling solutions
- Outlook for Bitcoin as a payment network
And more!
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Bitcoin is for Entrepreneurs!
Today we talk with Bitcoin Timber Company Founder Shane Anthony about...
- Never ending learning in Bitcoin
- The Bitcoin Timber Company
- Repurposing Bitcoin mining heat
- Bitcoin is not a waste of energy
- How Bitcoin changes incentives
- Inflation pushing people toward Bitcoin
- Rotational redistribution
- Extraction built into the fiat system
- Idea of Bitcoin as money being increasingly accepted
And more!
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Bitcoin is for Chief Marketing Officers!
Today we talk with Sovreign CMO John Balkam about...
- Aligned incentives in Bitcoin
- Ethical businesses need ethical money
- Effects of inflation on small business
- Bitcoin as a brand amplifier
- Decreasing transaction costs
- Paradigm shift of deflationary money
- Bitcoin treasury company dynamics
- Parallels to internet adoption
- Necessity of Bitcoin for business survival
- Rise of open protocols
And more!
Bitcoin is for Developers!
Today we talk with developer Josh Swift and hear his amazing story about recovering Bitcoin from 2010!
- Early days of Bitcoin
- Rediscovering Bitcoin over a decade later
- Bitcoin is hope for a better future
- Personality types that gravitate toward Bitcoin
- Lack of financial education
- Motivation for open source coding
- Incentives of Bitcoin
- Self-custody best practices
- Great minds contributing to Bitcoin
And more!
Today we answer the question: What Happens When Bitcoin is Lost?
- Self-custody means self-control
- Bitcoin never leave the network
- Common causes of lost Bitcoin
- Consequences of lost Bitcoin
- Will we "Run out of Bitcoin?"
- Divisibility supports growth
And more!
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Bitcoin is for Policy Advocates!
Today we talk with Michigan Bitcoin Trade Council Executive Director Amber Harris about...
- Need to understand the problem to see the solution
- Bitcoin is a non-partisan issue
- Educating legislators on Bitcoin
- Economic damage caused by money printing
- Trump vs. The FED
- Opportunity for individuals to front run
- Possibility of a new monetary regime emerging
- Protecting against the mathematical reality of accel...
Bitcoin is for CPAs!
Today we talk with Certified Public Accountant and Entrepreneur Betsy Morem about...
- Risk happens fast
- Bitcoin is not an investment, it's a monetary migration
- S-curve of technology adoption
- Timeframe for Bitcoin to become a medium of exchange
- Stablecoin proliferation
- Adapt or die moment for businesses
- Bitcoin destroying the hidden tax of inflation
- Monetary regime change on the horizon
- Do not miss the digital g...
Today we check back in with TCB Episode 18 guest Mark Young!
We discuss...
- The innovation of digital scarcity
- Primary demand drivers
- Approaching a threshold of inevitability
- Remaining addressable market
- Generational shift toward digital assets
- Wealth inequality driven by fiat debasement
- Inevitable debt spiral
- First mover advantage
- Working for money that respects you
- Inability to "redistribute" Bitcoin
- Ownership is not control
- M...
Today we answer the question: Is Bitcoin Anonymous?
- What does "Anonymous" mean?
- How Bitcoin works
- Who says Bitcoin is for criminals?
- Bitcoin vs. Cash
- Transparency is a feature
- Why the focus on crime and not inflation?
And more!
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Bitcoin is for the Shipyard!
Today we talk with Sheet Metal Mechanic Russell Thomas about...
- De-mystifying self-custody
- Bitcoin emerging as a safe haven asset
- It is not a trade, it's a monetary migration
- Bitcoin as a bearer asset
- The discovery of digital scarcity
- Bitcoin draining the fixed income market
- Filters on Bitcoin
- Are there any other uses for blockchain?
- Will Bitcoin be currency?
And more!
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Yes, THE Jason Maier, author of A PROGRESSIVE'S CASE FOR BITCOIN!
Today we talk with Jason about...
- Concern over continued politicization of Bitcoin
- Recent political wins for Bitcoin
- Hostility of the prior presidential administration
- Need for Democrats to differentiate themselves on Bitcoin
- Lack of fundamental fairness in the current economic system
- Myth that inflation is required for a healthy economy
- Paradox of requiring growt...
Today we answer the question: What is Bitcoin "Backed" By?
- Evolution of money
- Parameters of good money
- Why did gold fail as money?
- Monetary premium locked in other assets
- Benefits of intangible money
- Bitcoin is engineered to replace all inferior moneys
And more!
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Today we check back in with TCB Episode 16 guest Valerie Minos!
We discuss...
- What is Bitcoin "backed" by?
- Is 21 million Bitcoin enough?
- Bitcoin is not a trade, it is a monetary migration
- Parallel money systems proving Bitcoin's superiority
- Faltering bonds and the dire U.S. fiscal position
- Are you taxed for holding Bitcoin?
- Simplicity of the Bitcoin value proposition
- Is Bitcoin a threat to Real Estate?
- Broken money is ca...
Today we answer the question: Can I Make Money with Bitcoin?
- Bitcoin is the best performing asset
- 5 year return of Bitcoin vs. other assets
- Feeling that you're too late
- Overall addressable market for Bitcoin
- Risk of trading Bitcoin and missing best days
- Bitcoin is a monetary migration
- Bitcoin is the money
- "It might make sense just to get some in case it catches on."
And more!
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Bitcoin is for Public Servants!
Today we talk with former USAID Senior Advisor Bhavna Patel about...
- Bitcoin overcomes the shortcomings of gold
- Realization that asset appreciation comes at the expense of your fellow man
- Will Bitcoin fulfill the promise of peer-to-peer money?
- Continual loss of Bitcoin over time
- Value density that accrues to a finitely scarce denominator
- Deflation is the normal state of the free market
- Global monetary ...
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